GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| duration | continuance in time |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| gazette | newspaper |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |